Gender, Gender Role, Managerial Characteristics: An Analysis in Taiwan and a Comparison

碩士 === 義守大學 === 管理科學研究所 === 92 === The purpose of this study is to know the relationship between gender, gender role, and managerial characteristics. Besides, it compares the differences between Taiwan’s result and the research of Powell, Butterfield, and Parent (2002). The application of the Bem Se...

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Main Author: 彭瑞芬
Other Authors: 彭台光
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11067677404548217101
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Summary:碩士 === 義守大學 === 管理科學研究所 === 92 === The purpose of this study is to know the relationship between gender, gender role, and managerial characteristics. Besides, it compares the differences between Taiwan’s result and the research of Powell, Butterfield, and Parent (2002). The application of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory in a study of 271 business students, 234 policemen, 256 nurses, and 77 business people. Some major findings as follow: (1) Good manager was described as androgynous. (2) Our gender role stereotypes were not as much as America. Most of gender roles were androgynous and undifferentiated. (3) The stereotype-think manager, think masculine was decreased when people were elder or had longer tenure. (4) No matter the occupation’s characteristics, police or nurse, most of people’s gender role and they described the good manager’s characteristics were androgynous and undifferentiated. (5) Graduated students’ gender roles were not related to their school achievement. (6) Gender role were related to good manager’s characteristic. (7) In America, good manager was described as masculine, no matter graduated students or part-time MBA students. In Taiwan, most of people just think manager, think androgynous. Some findings and discussions have important implication for manager and further researcher.